People try to go about losing weight backward.

I see it all the time.  The typical approach usually involves something like shakes, gyms and restrictive, calorie-counting diets, all of which people think work.  While for some they work some of the time, or temporarily at best, I have honestly never known anyone who it’s worked for permanently.

Including me.

I did everything everyone else does for years, including newer remedies like wraps and HCG, none of which worked despite the claims. 

They got me as pumped up as anyone else only to be let down in the end.  Mummify myself for a few hours in a hot sauna?  Despite my disdain for steam rooms, ok!  Eat a 500-calorie-a-day restricted diet for 6 weeks and inject myself with a shot once a day?  Seemed harmless enough!

As with every other diet or fad I’d tried, I only wound up back in square one.

I literally spent thousands of dollars trying to figure this one out.  When I got my training in natural health, I made it my personal mission.  Because it was such a stickler for me, I figured it was the same way for a lot of other people.

As it turns out, I was right.

[bctt tweet=”What it ultimately came down to wasn’t the exact mix of proteins, carbs and fats,”] or how much time I spent exercising; while they play a role, the truth was, it’s minor.

What I finally came to realize was what it was was right in front of my face all along.

The bible says in Corinthians 10:31, “Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.”    Having grown up Catholic, I believe in God, but not in the traditional sense.  I do not, nor have I ever, felt he was a fear-mongering entity who dare I cross else I’ll be stricken to hell forever.

My intuition always told me otherwise, which led me to works like Neale Donald Walsch’s Conversations With God.  There was nothing more refreshing than to read an enlightened piece of work that I feel fully describes who God is.

Which isn't someone to fear.  My feelings are leave fear to the devil if at all!

To the contrary, God’s funny, witty, and above all else, my best friend.  In other words, exactly how my 5-year-old self imagined Him to be. 

In my youth, I had no choice but to succumb to the beliefs of others, those who raised me, cared for me and educated me, for I didn’t know any better, but none of it ever sat well with me, so I turned away from it in later years.

Because I felt it was forced on me, I resisted it, and blocked it all out. 

In doing so, I turned away from God which led to a life of debauchery.  Drinking to excess, promiscuity, and gluttony were commonplace and I never thought twice about it.  It was fun harbored with guilt, of the good-natured Catholic kind.

While I don’t believe engaging in something that makes you feel good is wrong, I’m certain a disconnect with God will drive such behavior to the brink, which is how it happened with me, particularly with food. 

I was lost, confused and without direction, so I overate, ate a lot of sugar and dairy, binge ate, ate compulsively, and felt guilty, ashamed and hopeless on top of it all.  But none of that mattered because I did whatever I had to do to avoid feeling any of it.

It wasn’t until I bridged the gap between my physical reality and my spiritual reality that I fully understood what was wrong and what I needed to fix, and it was far from what I’d always thought needed fixing. 

This time was different.  Whereas before I’d always thought that if I just followed what all the gurus taught, it’d be a no-brainer, now, it became abundantly clear that where they got it wrong was that change doesn’t come from the outside, but rather, from the inside, and that’s what I needed to do first.

Above all else, I needed to align with my spiritual purpose and passion, which once I did, changed everything.

I no longer shunned my intuition, which I believe is God, and began faithfully following it, doing whatever it told me to do.  I changed jobs, detoxed toxic relationships, hired coaches, healed my adrenal glands, and went gluten- and dairy-free. 

Much to the chagrin of my childlike self that wanted to stay right where I was, I did it all anyways, because I wanted more, and so did God – for me.

I didn’t come here to be less than, ignore my purpose and calling, and box myself into a life filled with self-hatred and misery, and neither did you.  Seek God first with weight loss and weight loss will come, without resistance, without dieting, effortlessly, naturally, and intuitively.

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~ Angela

Angela Minelli is an author, speaker and founder of Angela Minelli International, a heart-based global business serving purpose-driven everyday women and entrepreneurs whose self-image and weight issues are inhibiting their confidence and blocking them from pursuing their life’s passion. 

Angela's joy is in taking a stand for women who are living less than ideal lives, stopped by fear and doubt, which prevents them from stepping into their innate power and delivering their God-given genius to the world. Her coaching programs and products are designed for women with busy lifestyles yet allow for powerful transformation to take place within a small segment of time.  

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